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DeLeon Bynum

DeLeon Bynum grew up on a farm about 4 miles west of Carrboro where he and his family grew tobacco, corn, and cotton. He started plowing when he was just seven years old. As a child, he attended Orange County Training School and later was a member of the first class of Lincoln High School. He became…

Lillian Alston

Nate Davis

Nate Davis was born and raised in Northside and graduated from Chapel Hill High School. He stayed in the area and was drawn into working with youth by his mentor, Fred Battle. He went on to become the director of the Hargraves Community Center, dedicating his life to supporting young people in…

Jarrett Dawson

Jarrett Dawson grew up with family ties to Northside and spent much of his childhood growing up in Florence, North Carolina while discovering his talents as a musician. For a time, his family moved to Patterson, New Jersey where he also has a lot of extended family. As a young adult, he finished…

Christian Foushee-Green

James Foushee

Reginald Hildebrand

Marian Cheek Jackson

Mrs. Marian Cheek Jackson was the historian for St. Joseph CME Church and is the namesake of the Marian Cheek Jackson Center. Mrs. Jackson was the inspiration for the center due to the interviews she took part in to teach the history of Northside. Her father and grandfather are both historically…

Katelyn Ferrell

Gladys Pendergraph Brandon

Eloise Williams

Chelsea Cooper

Walter Durham

Troy Harrison

Carlton Eversley

Dr. Reverend Carlton Eversley passed away September 16, 2019. Eversley was a pastor at Delbrook Presbyterian Church, a servant in the Winston Salem/Forsyth community, a civil rights activist, a speaker, an organizer, an advocate for a better school system, and a believer in justice. He left his mark…

Eugene Farrar

"In order for us to move forward, in the political arena and in the social setting and even in this world today, we have to be registered to vote." - Eugene Farrar Eugene Farrar is a Chapel Hill native. He has long been engaged in community issues such as voter participation and affordable housing.…

Jane Farrar

Clarence Farrar

Willis Farrington

Born and raised in Northside, Reverend Willis Farrington recounts the community of Northside and the Roberson Street Community Center as his childhood home. As an integral individual in Northside, the community supported his decision to become a minister and lead jail and street ministries. Now,…

Braxton Foushee

"Well, it was a bunch of us guys in the neighborhood, and girls, we stayed in the old defined Northside, not the expanded Northside, and we used to meet on the corner every night and sit, and that was kind of where the neighborhood kids met at night. There was a streetlight, and we'd sit on the…

Bernice Harrison

Mrs. Bernice Harrison is the wife of Reverend Troy Harrison and the mother of Brittney Harrison. She was raised in a Baptist church but began to attend a Methodist church after she married Reverend Harrison, becoming a member of St. Joseph CME. Mrs. Harrison has played a central role in the…

Heather Giuffre

Heather is a senior at UNC and is from New York who lived in Northside in 2011.

Tony Thompson

Makla Thompson